Can guinea pigs eat silver beet

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Hi. Just wanted to check if guineA pigs can eat silverbeet and red capsicum?
Also, I'm really concerned. My 3 month old guinea pig sneezes quite a lot, maybe four times in a row every now and then throughout the day. Have taken her to a vet who deals with small animals a lot and after examining her she said my pig was absolutely fine. She might just have something up her nose and just sneezing to get it out? She doesn't have any discharge from the nose, eyes, or ears. She is very happy. Always eating and drinking, her poo is normal. And when she has floor time I make sure I lay the floor down with her towels and fleece blankets so her feet don't get cold, as we have floorboards?

Any advice? I just don't want to do anything wrong.
 
Do you mean mangolds? they can eat these BUT they must be clamped in order for the sugar content to settle down, my pigs love them but they are difficult to find.
as for red cassicans, yes they can eat all the different colours of this veg.
 
Um I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing:)? They Aren't sweet, there a very green vegetable, like a thick leaf?
 
Assuming that by silverbeet you mean chard then yes, that's fine, so are capsicum peppers. This thread has a comprehensive list of things you can feed them - http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42. As for the sneezing if there are no other signs of illness and your vet didn't find anything then I wouldn't worry. :)
 
You may like to give your piggy vitamin C and see if that stops her sneezing. I buy tablets from the hay experts for my piggies and they rarely sneeze.
 
Just googled it...silverbeet is chard. Never knew that.

Yes, it can be fed to guinea pigs.

Bell peppers (or capsicums) are a favourite of lots of pigs. Mine especially like the red ones.

Hope this helps
 
I'm in Australia. Thank youso much for all your replies. She didn't
Like the silverbret/chard anyway:)! Smart little girl:) again thank you soo much will try the vitamin c tablet.
 
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